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CHAPTER TWELVE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS OF BEAVER LAND MARKS Old landmarks of our community, like our old inhabitants, are fast disappearing. Old landmarks, for the pur-pose of this article, include public buildings and sites once of prominence and interest. To the survivors of past generations, we hope to revive memories by carrying them back to days long since past. Around some of these old structures still cling tender memories like ivy green around the pines of our forests. In some instances these old, historic buildings have been replaced by more modern structures; in others, great open spaces mark the places where these buildings once stood. THE BEAVER STAKE TABERNACLE Soon after the settlement of Beaver in 1856, the pioneers proceeded to build a church in which to worship. This log building was erected in the center of the block set apart for a public square. It had a seating capacity of one hundred persons and was heated with a fireplace in each end. This house served its purpose for nine years, when in 1865 it burned down. Soon after, a substantial brick building of exceptional workmanship was erected on the same location as the former building. This tabernacle, which faced the east, had a large, well-lighted auditorium, and a gallery in the east, which was built in several years after the completion of the building in the year 1868. There was a full-sized basement, with two rooms which served for Sunday School class rooms, Quorum meetings and class parties. In later years it was used for a Church school which was conducted by Reinhard Maeser. On this building was a bell tower, with a large, clear-toned bell which is now in the posses-sion of the Daughters of Utab Pioneers of Beaver,

CHAPTER TWELVE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS OF BEAVER LAND MARKS Old landmarks of our community, like our old inhabitants, are fast disappearing. Old landmarks, for the pur-pose of this article, include public buildings and sites once of prominence and interest. To the survivors of past generations, we hope to revive memories by carrying them back to days long since past. Around some of these old structures still cling tender memories like ivy green around the pines of our forests. In some instances these old, historic buildings have been replaced by more modern structures; in others, great open spaces mark the places where these buildings once stood. THE BEAVER STAKE TABERNACLE Soon after the settlement of Beaver in 1856, the pioneers proceeded to build a church in which to worship. This log building was erected in the center of the block set apart for a public square. It had a seating capacity of one hundred persons and was heated with a fireplace in each end. This house served its purpose for nine years, when in 1865 it burned down. Soon after, a substantial brick building of exceptional workmanship was erected on the same location as the former building. This tabernacle, which faced the east, had a large, well-lighted auditorium, and a gallery in the east, which was built in several years after the completion of the building in the year 1868. There was a full-sized basement, with two rooms which served for Sunday School class rooms, Quorum meetings and class parties. In later years it was used for a Church school which was conducted by Reinhard Maeser. On this building was a bell tower, with a large, clear-toned bell which is now in the posses-sion of the Daughters of Utab Pioneers of Beaver,